Obsideo, óbsides, pen. corr. obsédi, pen. prod. obsessum, obsidêre. Salust.To brsiege: to compasse about: to inniron: to possesse: to occupie.Aditus armati obsident.Cicer.Armed men kept and beset allthe paages.Cohors obsider ædes.Iuuen.Obsedêre alij telis angusta viarum.Virg.He did beset fieldes round about with souldiours.Campos obsedit milite.Virg.Fores obsedêre strictis mucronibus.Virg.They stoode about the gates with swordes drawne.Miles obsidet hostem. Lucan. Præsidijs obsidere & occupare Italiam.Cic.By force to possesse and keepe Italy with garrisons.Obsidere itinera. Curt. To beset and keepe the passages with force. Armis obsedit Senatum Antonius. Cic.Antonis did beset the Senate house with armed men.
Obsîdo, dis, pen. pr. obsédi, dere, Idem quod Obsideo significat: nisi quod motus quidam inest, vt quasi sit Obsessum ire. Sal.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
ob-sĭdĕo, ēdi, essum, 2, v. n. and a. [sedeo]. I.Neutr., to sit, stay, remain, abide anywhere (only poet.): servi ne obsideant, liberis ut sit locus, Plaut. Poen. prol. 23: domi obsidere, Ter. Ad. 4, 6, 6: in limine, Val. Fl. 2, 237.—II.Act., to sit at, on, or in, to remain on or in, to haunt, inhabit, frequent a place. A. In gen.: aram, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 36: ranae stagna et rivos obsident,
frequent marshes
, Plin. 11, 18, 19, 62: obsedit limina bubo, Sil. 8, 636: Apollo umbilicum terrarum obsidet, Cic. Div. 2, 56.—B. In partic. 1.Milit. t. t., to sit down before, to hem in, beset, besiege, invest, blockade a place (cf. oppugno): cum omnes aditus armati obsiderent, Cic. Phil. 2, 35, 89: Curio Uticam obsidere instituit, Caes. B. C. 2, 36: consiliis ab oppugnandā urbe ad obsidendam versis, Liv. 2, 11: propius inopiam erant obsidentes quam obsessi, id. 25, 11: ut Carthaginem crederent extemplo Scipionem obsessurum, id. 30, 7: totam Italiam, Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 75: vias, Caes. B. G. 3, 23: vallis obsessa, Verg. A. 10, 120: egregias Lateranorum aedīs, Juv. 10, 17.— 2.To occupy, fill, possess: corporibus omnis obsidetur locus,
is filled
, Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65: senatum armis, id. Phil. 7, 5, 15: palus obsessa salictis,
full of osier-thickets
, Ov. M. 11, 363: Trachasque obsessa palude, i. e.
surrounded
, id. ib. 15, 717.—b.Trop., to occupy, possess, take possession of: alicujus animum, Just. 42, 4, 21: qui meum tempus obsideret,
who took up my time
, Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 6; id. Or. 62, 210: cum obsideri aures a fratre cerneret,
that they were continually besieged by his brother
, Liv. 40, 20 fin.—3.To have one's eye upon, to watch closely, be on the look-out for: jacere humi ... ad obsidendum stuprum, Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26: rostra, id. Fl. 24, 57.